Castle
The castle was built on the hill by the Moors around 750 A.D. as part of making Jimena a strategic military position. Views stretch as far Gibraltar to the south. It is believed that the castle was built on Roman ruins, constructed using locally sourced limestone.
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And the wild cataract leaps in glory.
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—14th-century French proverb, first recorded in English in A. Barclay, Gringore’s Castle of Labour (1506)